These are the means of “resistance” that Hamas reserves for itself:
DF soldiers on Sunday uncovered an explosive device weighing 7 kilograms (about 15.5 pounds) and a gas canister in a Palestinian’s bag at the Beit Iba checkpoint, west of Nablus.
Explosives were also found in a bag carried by another Palestinian man.
[…] Since the beginning of 2007, IDF forces have uncovered 16 explosive devices and two explosive belts in the Nablus area.
Terror organizations have also been trying to carry out attacks from the Gaza Strip. On Thursday, an Egyptian security official said that a potential Palestinian suicide bomber and 10 Egyptians were arrested in the northern Sinai Peninsula.
The Palestinian, identified as Hamid al-Nador, was detained Tuesday while wearing an explosive belt inside a beach resort in the border city of el-Arish.
And this:
An Israeli man was moderately injured Monday by a gunshot near Kibbutz Nahal Oz, north of the Gaza Strip.
According to reports, a Palestinian sniper shot the 40-year-old Israeli while he was conducting repair work at a gas terminal near the kibbutz. The injured man has been hospitalized.
The incident took place close to the Karni terminal, a cargo crossing station which has often been closed due to terror alerts.
And this:
A day after the new Palestinian unity government was sworn in, terror organizations in Gaza signaled that they plan to continue firing rockets at Israel. Five Qassam rockets were fired from the Gaza Strip on Sunday in three different barrages after a relative period of calm.
And this:
Three Hamas members were apprehended near Ramallah last month for allegedly attempting to kidnap an Israeli citizen from a hitchhiking post located at a West Bank intersection, it was approved for publication Monday.
The suspects were identified as Anas Barghouti, 20, from the village of Qubar, Omar Barghouti, 21, also of Qubar and Duad Mantzur, 23, from Bilin.
Omar Barghouti was recently released from an Israeli prison, while Mantzur was released last June.
The incident occurred on February 4, 2007, when the suspects arrived at the Eli intersection with their vehicle and attempted to kidnap the Israeli, but fled the scene after failing in their attempt.
And most of all, this:
Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin on Tuesday warned of the dangers of an unprecedented arms build-up in the Gaza Strip, estimating that terror groups there smuggled huge quantities of explosives from Egypt last year.
Speaking to members of the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Diskin said terror groups in Gaza had been cashing in on a lull with Israel to improve the firing range of the makeshift rockets they fire at Israel and to prepare for a possible confrontation with the Israeli army.
He added that 31 tons of explosives were smuggled into the coastal territory last year, six times more than the average amount smuggled in previous years.
In addition, hundreds of Hamas gunmen were being sent to Iran to undergo military training, the Shin Bet head said.
A group intent on a peace agreement has no need to arm itself and train its troops. The world turns a blind eye to the murderous tactics of Hamas, and morons like George Soros tell Israel and the U.S. that they must deal with Hamas.
Soros is an utter fool. Hamas does not want peace. Hamas wants nothing less than the destruction of Israel and her replacement with an Islamic caliphate. That’s what it says in the Hamas charter. Not a single person has ever said that Hamas is willing to change its charter and renounce its genocidal aims.
That being the case, why on earth should Israel and American treat Hamas as anything other than the murdering terrorist organization that it is?
Based on his actions, Soros is not an utter fool, he just wants to commit suicide and take the rest of us with him.
The Israelis should convene courts to determine whether these individuals are illegal combatants under the Geneva Convention. When these miscreants are found guilty, they should then be executed by their own bombs.
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In Israel’s case: Because we are Jews.
“A group intent on a peace agreement has no need to arm itself and train its troops.”
Wow – something actually to disagree with you on here… any group that thinks its aims could be met with armed force “needs” to arm itself, etc. Palestinian paranoia is sufficient to explain away troop training. The reason that we expect that this buildup is offensive rather than defensive is Hamas’s repeated declaration that they want to destroy Israel. But technically, even if they were (yeah, right) interested in peace, they would have a rationale for arming themselves as long as they thought that it would strengthen their bargaining position or that Israel would not make all of the concessions they want.
The strongest argument is weakened by the addition of a weak argument.
Georoge Soros resembles a James Bond movie villain.
SorosBush is an utter fool.HamasFatah does not want peace.HamasFatah wants nothing less than the destruction of Israeland her replacement with an Islamic caliphate. That’s what it says inthe Hamas charterthe Fatah constitution . Not a single person has ever said thatHamasFatah is willing to change itscharterconstitution and renounce its genocidal aims.That being the case, why on earth should Israel and American treatHamasFatah as anything other than the murdering terrorist organization that it is?Like the wings of a bird, Hamas and Fatah work together, as Yosef Bodansky observed eleven years ago.
Yup, Ben, on this matter Bush is foolish. But Soros wants to ignore all the terrorists and fantasizes that all the violence is the fault of Israel and the USA. Bush wants to fight them. If the larger struggle requires, in his judgement, ignoring the reality of Fatah’s aims so as to get, say The Wahhabist Entity on side for some other purpose then he will do so. I think he’s wrong there in the specific matter of Fatah, but I don’t have his responsibilities.